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Gang of Four Album: “Solid Gold”
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Release Date:2006-08-28
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:New Wave, Old School Punk Rock, Alternative Rock
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Label:Toshiba EMI
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4988006844629
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Review - :
{$Gang of Four}'s existence had as much to do with {$Slave} and {$Chic} as it did {$the Sex Pistols} and {$the Stooges}, which is something {^Solid Gold} demonstrates more than {^Entertainment!} Any smartypants can point out the irony of a band on {@Warner Bros.} railing against systematic tools of control disguised as entertainment media, but {$Gang of Four} were more observational than condescending. True, {$Jon King} and {$Andy Gill} might have been hooting and hollering in a semiviolent and discordant fashion, but they were saying "think about it" more than "you lot are a bunch of mindless puppets." Abrasiveness was a means to grab the listener, and it worked. Reciting {^Solid Gold}'s lyrics on a local neighborhood corner might get a couple interested souls to pay attention. It isn't poetry, and it's no fun; most within earshot would just continue power-walking or tune out while buffing the SUV. {^Solid Gold} has that unholy racket going on beneath the lyrics, an unlikely mutation of catchiness and atonality that made ears perk and (oddly) posteriors shake. With its slightly ironic title, {^Solid Gold} is more rhythmically grounded than the fractured nature of {^Entertainment!}, a politically charged, more Teutonic take on {\funk}. It's a form of release for paranoid accountants. Financial concerns form the basis of the subject matter; the hilarious but realistic {&"Cheeseburger"} is a highlight with its thinly veiled snipe at America: "No classes in the U.S.A./Improve yourself, the choice is yours/Work at your job and make good pay/Make friends, great/Buy them a beer!" This is a nickel less spectacular than the debut, but owning one and not the other would be criminal. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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